Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201701-38 First vendor Publication 2017-01-17
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-01-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pidgin, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Pidgin is a client for a variety of instant messaging protocols.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker might send specially crafted data using the MXit protocol, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, or in leaking confidential information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.11.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-1000030
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1000030
[ 2 ] CVE-2016-2365
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2365
[ 3 ] CVE-2016-2366
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2366
[ 4 ] CVE-2016-2367
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2367
[ 5 ] CVE-2016-2368
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2368
[ 6 ] CVE-2016-2369
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2369
[ 7 ] CVE-2016-2370
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2370
[ 8 ] CVE-2016-2371
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2371
[ 9 ] CVE-2016-2372
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2372
[ 10 ] CVE-2016-2373
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2373
[ 11 ] CVE-2016-2374
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2374
[ 12 ] CVE-2016-2375
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2375
[ 13 ] CVE-2016-2376
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2376
[ 14 ] CVE-2016-2377
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2377
[ 15 ] CVE-2016-2378
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2378
[ 16 ] CVE-2016-2379
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2379
[ 17 ] CVE-2016-2380
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2380
[ 18 ] CVE-2016-4323
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4323

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-38.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
36 % CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
18 % CWE-200 Information Exposure
18 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
9 % CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
5 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
5 % CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength
5 % CWE-295 Certificate Issues
5 % CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 67
Os 3
Os 1
Os 1

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2016-12-29 Pidgin MXIT file transfer length memory disclosure attempt
RuleID : 40876 - Revision : 2 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-06-07 Pidgin MXIT message length overflow attempt
RuleID : 39151 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-06-07 Pidgin MXIT negative message length underflow attempt
RuleID : 39150 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-05-12 Pidgin mxit_chunk_parse_cr out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 38870 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-05-12 Pidgin mxit_chunk_parse_get_avatar out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 38867 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-04-21 Pidgin mxit_parse_cmd_suggestcontacts out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 38583 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-04-21 Pidgin multimx_message_received out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 38578 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-04-19 Pidgin MXIT protocol handling splash_remove directory traversal attempt
RuleID : 38551 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-04-19 Pidgin MXIT protocol handling splash_remove directory traversal attempt
RuleID : 38550 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-04-19 Pidgin mxit_parse_cmd_extprofile out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 38549 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-04-19 Pidgin MXIT protocol handling null pointer dereference attempt
RuleID : 38548 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-04-19 Pidgin MXIT table markup command out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 38547 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-04-19 Pidgin MXIT table markup command out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 38546 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-04-19 Pidgin mxit_update_contact out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 38545 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-03-29 Pidgin MXIT is operation null pointer dereference attempt
RuleID : 38345 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER
2016-03-29 Pidgin MXIT is operation null pointer dereference attempt
RuleID : 38344 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-01-17 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-38.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-18 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3620.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3031-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-05 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-542.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-23 Name : An instant messaging client installed on the remote host is affected by multi...
File : pidgin_2_11_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2018-09-05 21:22:47
  • Multiple Updates
2017-03-30 05:24:26
  • Multiple Updates
2017-01-18 13:25:47
  • Multiple Updates
2017-01-17 05:22:52
  • First insertion